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July 13. 1994
Servine the community through cultural diversity.
Volume XXIV, Number 28
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Portland ’Dreamers’
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To Return To Whitman College In July
Immunizations Offered
Free At Clinics
M ultnomah County Health D epartment
is offering free imm unizations Saturday at the
M att D ishm an Com m unity Center, 77 N £ .
Knott, from 10 a.m . to 3 p.m. and at the
Family C are M edical Clinic, 17214 S.E. D i­
vision, from 10a.m. to 2 p jn . Vaccines against
nine com m on diseases will be given. All ages
are welcom e including teens and adults. No
incom e screenings will be done at these clin­
ics. The goal is to im m unize all children,
particularly those under age two, regardless
o f race, income, insurance status or any other
factor. For more inform ation call 248-3816 or
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students get a pointer
in art class from
Whitman student
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248-3828, extension 6984.
said. “ A s I have reflected on the p rogram , I
have becom e increasingly convinced that som e
im p o rtan t intellectual grow th happened for
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Voices Needed For
Anthem
several o f th e k id s.”
D avid M ay, a form er W hitm an professor
o f science now teaching at the U niversity o f
P ittsb u rg h , n oticed that a “ m arked shift” took
p la ce in student attitudes an d b eh a v io r last
sum m er. “ A t the end, an o v erw h elm in g m a ­
jo rity o f th e ' dream ers’ w ere functioning above
th e level on e w ould ex p ect o f m iddle school
The Oregon State Fair is searching for
people interested in singing the National
Anthem prior to all scheduled concerts at the
Oregon State Fair. Applicants m ust be expe­
rienced, able to sing either a capella or with
acoustical accom panim ent. The performers
will have the chance to dem onstrate their
talent, and receive free adm ission to the fair
for their participation. Contact the fair’s con­
cert services office at (503) 364-3123 or write
1249 Com m ercial Street S.E., Salem, O R
stu d en ts,” M ay said.
E n co u rag ed by several W h itm an alum ni
in th e P o rtlan d area, co lleg e o fficials began
97302.
Tickets Sell For Zoo
Drawing
Friends o f the W ashington Park Z oo is
raffling a Discovery Land Rover sport utility
vehicle for the Sept. 17 annual black-tie zoo
gala, “N ight on the N ile.” Tickets for the
draw ing are S 100 each and are available at the
friends’ office at the zoo, phone 220-2493,
and at Don Rasmussen Land Rover, 2001
S.W . Jefferson, Portland. O nly 500 tickets
will be sold. Proceeds will benefit the M etro
W ashington Park Z oo’s A sian elephant pro­
gram. T he zoo is world renowned for its
successful breeding and m anagem ent o f these
magnificent animals.
Summer Concerts In
Portland Parks
M ark your calendar for a series o f con­
certs in Portland area parks. O n Tuesday, the
Jan ice S croggins E nsem ble w ith M ario
DePricst perform s jazz piano and vocals at
Mt. Tabor Park from 6:30 p m . to 8:30 p.m
Also Tuesday, Island Breeze, a steel drum
perform ed by Christopher K cm perform s at
C ouch Park, at Northwest G lisan and 19th
from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p m .
The Pioneer Brass Quartet, a classical
group, performs W ednesday from noon to
1:30 p.m. at the North Park Blocks, between
N orthw est E verett and Flanders and the
Saxhorn Social O rchestra, a classical and
ragtime brass group, perform s Thursday, July
21 from 7 p m . to 8:30 p.m. at W allace Park,
N orthw est 26th and Raleigh.
Barbecue! Potluck!
Gathering!
Co-organizers Annie Jennings and Diane
Farm er Linkhart have announced new events
for the 7th annual cookout in the M ississippi
Historic district, scheduled for Saturday, July
23. in addition to the gathering, potluck, and
cookout between the hours o f 1 and 6 p.m.,
there will be a barbecue contest and a salad
making contest, withjudging by W ilma Petrie,
Ernestine Broadus, and Robert Harris to take
place between 1 and 1:30 p m . The street on
Missouri Avenue between mason and Shaver
Streets will be closed at 10 a m . to ensure
safety and allow those in the barbecue contest
to set up and begin cooking. Each contest will
have a dinner prize for two courtesy of Safeway
M arketplaces at Jantzcn Beach and Rose City
For more information, please call Diane 284-
6033 or A nnie 284-8188.
A very special presentation to introduce
the talented entrants in this years Miss Black
Oregon U.S.A. pageant is also planned for
that afternoon.
Do plan to com e, enjoy old and new
friends and have a fun day celebrating our
community. For your comfort, bring lawn
chairs if needed. This is a terrific family time!
or many young people, the
dream of some day going away
to college faces a number of
d is tra c tio n s ,
o b stac les
hindrances.
graduates w ill serv e as counselors. T w o IH A D
classro o m co o rd in a to rs will accom pany their
P o rtlan d stu d en ts to W h itm an . A b o u t 30
eig
h th g rad e stu d en ts w ill arriv e o n cam pus
and
July 5 an d spend tw o w eeks. A second group,
ab o u t 30 nin th g rad e stu d en ts, w ill arriv e for
T h is m o n th , h o w ev e r, ab o u t 6 0 eig h th
and n in th g rad e stu d e n ts fro m n o rth e a st P o rt­
land are stu d y in g o n th e W h itm a n C o lleg e
ca m p u s d u rin g the se co n d p h ase o f a tw o -y ear
p ilo t p ro jec t d esig n ed to en c o u rag e an d in ­
sp ire th e ir d rea m s o f h ig h e r ed u catio n .
S u p p o rte d by a $ 1 2 0 ,0 0 0 g ran t from the
M ey er M em o rial T ru st o f P o rtlan d , W h itm an
launch ed the p ro jec t a year ag o in co o p eratio n
w ith th e “ I H ave A D ream (IH A D )” F o u n d a­
tion in P o rtlan d . F ifty -fo u r IH A D students
from P o rtlan d sp e n t from o n e w ee k to three
w eek s on the W h itm an c a m p u s la st July.
tw o w eek s o n July 18.
T h e goal o f the su m m er is to provide
stu d en ts w ith b oth em o tio n al an d academ ic
en rich m en t. “ M any o f these young people
w ill b e first-g en eratio n college students, and
w e w an t them to b eco m e fam iliar and co m ­
fo rtab le w ith a co lle g e settin g ,” notes Brian
G ab b ard , on e o f th e p ro g ram ad m in istrato rs.
“ W e w an t to b rin g d o w n the psychological
b arriers, and w h ile that is very im portant, we
also want this to be a rigorous academic program.
W e w ant to help develop their intellectual curios­
ity and aspirations as well as their confidence in
their ability to satisfy those aspirations.”
In ad d itio n to the o rig in al g ran t from
M ey er M em o rial T ru st, ad d itio n al funding
for this su m m er’s p ro jec t w as o b tain ed from
th ree sources. T h e O reg o n C om m u n ity F oun­
d atio n a n d th e R o se T u ck er T ru st o f P o rtland
p ro v id ed $ 10,000 e a c h , an d the Intel C orp, o f
H illsboro, O re., co n trib u ted $5,000.
A cco rd in g to W hitm an faculty m em bers
w h o tau g h t c lasse s la st sum m er, th e p ro ject
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M any o f th o se stu d en ts w ill retu rn to cam pus
this Ju ly . A s they d id la st su m m er, students
w ill live in cam pus resid en ce halls, take classes
in la n g u ag e arts, sc ien c e, m ath em atics, m u ­
sic an d fin e arts, a n d p a rtic ip a te in a variety
o f field trip s, rec re atio n al e x p e rien c es and
local co m m u n ity serv ice p ro jects.
W h itm a n facu lty m e m b ers an d teach ers
from the P o rtlan d p u b lic sch o o ls w ill teach
the c lasse s, an d W h itm an stu d e n ts an d recen t
Portland IHAD students In science lab at Whitman College.
h ad a b en eficial im p act on p articip atin g stu ­
d e n ts from P o rtland.
“ I th in k th a t the p ro g ram su cceed s in
ex p o sin g the students to serious in tellectu al
in q u iry o f the sort w e celeb rate a t W h itm a n ,”
asso ciate p ro fesso r o f classics D ana B urgess
w orking w ith P o rtlan d ’s IH A D F oundation
three years ag o on p o ssib le p artn ersh ip p ro ­
gram s. A s the p lanning effo rt b ecam e m ore
focused, 25 m iddle school students from P o rt­
land spent a w eekend on the W hitm an c a m ­
p u s during th e sum m er o f 1992.
Oregon Ballet Theatre Offers Dance
Instruction To Challenged Children
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Instructer Manya Wubbold with Project
FIND'S dance students. Oregon Ballet
Theatre's Project FIND (“Find and
Inspire New Dancers"), origionally only
offered through in-school, weekly dance
classes, will expand to OBT's dance
studios for the summer Outreach
Workshop, July 11-August 20.
regon Ballet Theatre has
announced that it will offer a
six-week Summer Outreach
Workshop for children at risk.
T h e w o rk sh o p , to b e held July 11 - A u­
g u st 20 at O reg o n Bal let T h eatre ’ s d o w ntow n
stud io s in th e N o rth W ing o f th e P o rtlan d A rt
M useum , is p art o f the C o m p a n y ’s P ro ject
F IN D (“F in d an d Inspire N ew D an cers”). T h e
school, w eekly d an ce classes.
By offering classes in the C o m p an y ’s
studios, the children reap the benefits o f a
facility w ith p ro p er equ ip m en t, including
m in o rs an d b allet b a n e s , to aid them in th eir
d an ce d ev elo p m en t. A lso, the children are
exposed to others their age and arc able to
w ork sh o p is m ade p o ssib le in p art by a g en e r­
ous g ran t from U S W e st C o m m u n icatio n s,
facility su p p o rt from th e P o rtlan d A rt M u­
seum , and a subsidy o f in stru cto r tim e by the
S chool o f O reg o n B allet T h eatre.
C lasses, w ith in struction by locally and
natio n ally ren o w n ed teach ers C h isao H ata,
F red eric L o ck e, Jose M o lin a, M eg P otter,
B ruce S m ith and M ark S p iv ak , w ill be offered
in B allet,C h aracter,C o n tem p o rary , F lam enco
observe their technique.
In addition to US W est C om m unications
and the P o rtlan d A rt M useum , O B T 's c o m ­
m unity outreach program s are sponsored by
B lu eC ro ss/B lu eS h ield o fO rcg o n .T h e Boeing
C om pany, D eluxe F oundation, Jackson F oun­
dation, K aiser P erm anente, P ayL ess D rug
S to re , In c ., P o rtla n d G e n e ra l E le c tr ic ,
S ch n itzcr Industries, S equent F o u ndation,
W ash in g to n M utual S av in g s F o u n d atio n ,
W e y erh ae u ser C o m p an y F o u n d atio n an d
and A frican D ance.
T h ro u g h its co m m u n ity o u trea ch p ro ­
gram s, O B T o ffe rs o n -site ed u catio n specifi­
cally d esig n ed to give so cio-econom ically
ch a lle n g ed ch ild ren the o p p o rtu n ity to pursue
the study o f d an ce. P ro ject F IN D is targeted
tow ard elem en tary sch o o ls w ith a h igh p e r­
ce n ta g e o f " C h a p te r 1” an d E n g lish as a
S econd L anguage students, princ ipally schools
in n o rth , n o rth ea st and so u th e ast P o rtlan d .
U tilizin g local artists, th e program p ro v id es
ch ild ren w ith in stru ctio n in d an c e th ro u g h in-
W illam ette Industries.
Tuition for the six-week Summer Outreach
W orkshop starts as low as $24 for two classes per
week. For more information, call the School of
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Oregon Ballet Theatre at (503) 227-6890.